'Iran, Lebanon support diplomatic settlement of Syria crisis'

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic and Lebanon have common views about the importance of solving the nearly six-year Syrian crisis only through diplomatic approaches.

The Iranian Parliament speaker's special advisor on international affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, made the comment while speaking to reporters in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Monday following a meeting with the country’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

“We believe that a political solution is the only way to solve the crisis in Syria,” he said.He added that Iran and Lebanon would never spare any effort to help Syria fight terrorism.

Amir-Abdollahian said political approaches can also solve the existing crises in Yemen and Bahrain.